Yazoo City herald. [volume] (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1976, 1887-02-25

Brother 0ard.sr Reviews the Werk 81 ms
Society, and Proadly Refers 20 STA Years
Of HArmony aud saneeas.
Every member Of the club living
within seven miles Of Paradise Hall
was on hand as the triangle sounded
and Brother Gardner arose and said;
my frens. dis am de beginnin' Of
anoder var wild US. While we kin look
back ober six Vars Of success an har-
mony. we hev reason to believe dat~ws
kin look ahead to greater success an
mo- perfeck understandin'. Dis club
was organized on dc open street one
rainy day, an its fust rOll-call Included
six men an dog. At de present date
our membership would make de popu-
lashun fur city, an II cherry member
doan' own TO- dogs 1t am not do fault
Of our constitushan and by-laws.
'Doorin' do past fiskal var death
has bin busy in our ranks, an de bar
traps heY never bin free from de in
sigma Of monrnin' Three members
were deyoured by all gators; two were
run ober by butcher carts; three fell off
w AOoAH VI batuNf tnO utru Ahi tuNs hu
seben owed dclr deaths mo- or less d.
rectly TO roller skatn' Kinks.
"When we organized dis club de
charges fur whilwashin' n kitchen
ceilin ranged all de way from thirty
cents to TO- dollars. according to do
standin' of de fam ly in society an de
hardupness of de Whitewater De
charges fur blackin' stove depended
on do state Of de weather. II an emf
nent citizen wanted a fence white
washed he might have to pay fifty cents
or five dollars a rod. IL lady wanted
some fiower-beds in de side yard de
spadin'-up might cost her fifty cents
apiece, or de Guild pusson who did de
spadin might want a deed Of de house
an lot IL was de same about beatin'
carpets an layin' en- down, an de
same about DRAWN ashes out of de
back yard We war in a state of
anarchy an wildness.
"What was de status of culled soci-
ETY. in dis kentry befo' de Lime-Kiln
Club was organized? Three millyon
people war chucked in hole, so to
speak. Dere was no upper crust-no
lower crust. De wife of de whitewash-
err could call on de wife of de barber |
an feel perfectly to home. De barber |
went ober to see de head waiter of de |
leadin' hotel an feel on terms of soshul |
equality wild him. All am now changed. |
Our society am graded as sharply as
wild white folks. We has our patron
izing ways to our interiors same as
il our complexion was of de purest ala
baster.
what did de Guild people of dis
kentry know about art an science an
hygiene when dis club held its fust
meetin'P Why, none of us knowed
tea sto' chrome from Rembrandt an
we did not know as much about har-
monizin colors in de house as a mule
does of music. Lots of us would leave
de parlor walls bare an put velvet
carpet down on de kitchen foo. We
would hang Brussels lace curtain at
one winder an a chintz at de next.
We all reckoned dat de airth was fat.
We supposed dat de sun moved We
supposed dat de wind blowed simply to
dry out de clothes on de lines. II any
body had told us dat de moon was in
habited we should have stepped on him.
Think of de change few brief Vars
hey wrought De average Guild man
of to-day names his dog arter some
prominent astronomer. an his mule
am fed accordin to de changes of. de
moon. Six Vars ago we didn't know
any better dan to sleep six and eight 10
q room an stow our dogs under de bed.
We reckoned dat sewer gas was good
to kill off de aiger. We injoyed de
smell OF taller dropped on a red hot
stove.
My frens, when we look back frew
de misty past, an den ahead to dc ROSY
tucher, we can't help but feel dat it was
good thing to be BON Guild pusson.
While we may justly feel proud an
elated | want to warn you not to bus,
your suspenders ober de fack. Doan'
90 an get de idea dat white folks am
poo trash who hev no pertickler rights
n dis kentry. Doan' emagine dat all
lie sidewalks was laid down fur your
1eneft, an dat de time has arrove fur
lie white man to stan haoL ---i-r---i-
only when spoken to. "-Dctrott Free
Press